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The Mortal Body
Anatomy of Grief and the Sacred Art of Letting Go
Created by Gillian Soder

The Mortal Body is a 4 week study into the places we avoid: grief, death, stillness, and what happens inside a body when it lets go.
This course blends nervous system science, anatomical truth, and the deep mystery of yogic rest.

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We don’t talk about death nearly enough - especially in yoga spaces. Ironic, since the final posture of a practice is typically savasana, or "corpse pose".
But Savasana isn't just a nap. It’s a ritual of release. A rehearsal for surrender. A mirror for life.

After 20+ years in forensic medicine, standing in the quiet company of the recently passed, I’ve learned that death isn’t the opposite of life. It’s part of it.
And strangely enough, building a relationship with death doesn’t lead to fear.

It leads to clarity, gratitude, and deep, grounded empowerment.

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The Mortal Body invites you to approach death not with dread, but with curiosity, and to reframe your body’s endings as part of its wisdom.

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What Makes this Course Different:
Most courses on death tiptoe around the edges. This one walks straight in.
I’ve worked with the human body after life leaves it. That lens - forensic, clinical, and deeply human - is what makes this offering different.

You’ll get Ritual, Meaning, and the Perspective that only comes from standing in the presence of death... again and again.

​​This isn’t morbid. It’s empowering.

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When you have a relationship with death, you stop fearing life’s impermanence — and start living like it matters.

​​​This course is for you if you are:

  • A yoga or movement teacher ready to go deeper

  • A human navigating grief, death, or change

  • Curious about nervous system science and emotional literacy

  • Wanting to transform fear of death into grounded presence and purpose

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Course Highlights

  • Physiology of rest

  • The Nervous System in Grief

  • Why grief feels like anxiety, numbness, or exhaustion

  • What happens in your nervous system when someone dies

  • Savasana’s original purpose and what we've lost

  • Death across yoga traditions (and how we reframe it as sacred, not scary)

  • Death literacy for movement and yoga teachers

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What You Get

  • 4 Live Modules with On-Demand Access

  • Guided grief-aware sessions

  • Meaningful meditations

  • Downloadable PDF workbooks & journal prompts

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Testimonial

"I understand myself so much more than I ever have after this course" 

-Kristine, student from Yoga & Nervous System Integration course

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Dates: January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2026

Time: 7PM - 8PM (MT)


Early Bird Price $129 cad until Dec 15.

(Regular $179)

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Contact Gillian for a payment plan

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